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Paul Afoko and his 'gang' hated Nana Addo - NPP MP
According to Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, the three suspended National Executives were against the ambitions of Nana Addo.
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According to him, the three suspended National Executives were against the ambitions of Nana Addo.
He alleged that the trio had their own agenda to elect their own presidential candidate prior to the 2016 general elections.
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Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu who is the Member of Parliament for the Suame constituency said Afoko frustrated the party leadership and attempted to starve the party of funds for the primaries.
"Afoko came with his own candidate in mind and never wanted to organize primaries. He was trying to prevent us from holding the primaries. He didn’t like Akufo Addo.
The trio didn’t like Akufo-Addo. You know how come we even got money to organize primaries?," he said.
Speaking on Accra-based Joy FM, he said the party struggled to get money to organize primaries which saw Nana Addo winning the internal elections.
He added: "We struggled to get money to organize primaries. I had to mobilize my colleagues in parliament. Fortunately, we had some money from deductions we were making from our MPs monthly salaries so we had some money.
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"The candidates had paid some money but it was not enough so we MPs topped up to organize the primaries that produced Akufo Addo. How can you have a national chairman who says I don’t want this man to win."
Background to suspension
Paul Afoko suspended
The NPP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has unanimously voted to suspend its National Chairman Paul Afoko indefinitely.
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The NEC upheld the overwhelming decision by the Disciplinary Committee which decided that Mr Afoko be suspended.
The Disciplinary Committee took the decision first, after the National Council of Elders in September, wrote to it, demanding amongst others, that the National Chairman Paul Afoko, be made to step aside until after 2016 elections.
Kwabena Agyapong and Sammy Crabbe suspended
Kwabena Agyapong and Sammy Crabbe have been suspended indefinitely.
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The disciplinary committee took the decision after Kwabena Agyepong was petitioned by some members of the party for what they describe as gross disrespect and misconduct.
The National Executive Committee of the party in a meeting Thursday, December 10, 2015 to deliberate over the Disciplinary Committee’s recommendations regarding the two suspended Sammy Crabbe and Kwabena Agyepong.
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